Art for Life at Musgrove Park Hospital
Brief for Project Co-ordinator for Sensing Our Past
Art for Life, the art project at Musgrove Park Hospital, is looking to recruit a freelance Co-ordinator to develop and manage its exciting new heritage project which seeks to involve patients, staff and the wider community in telling their stories and recording the history of the hospital. The project, called Sensing Our Past, is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and will be delivered in partnership with Somerset Heritage and Libraries Service and Reminiscence Learning.
The Co-ordinator will be a heritage specialist whose role will be to provide leadership for the whole project – we expect them to bring their own vision to the project, to help develop it and take it forward in the most appropriate way. They will be responsive to opportunities as they arise as well as providing sound management for the project; they will add extra value to the existing team who are not heritage experts.
Key Tasks
Managed by the Art for Life Co-ordinator and based within their offices at Musgrove Park Hospital, the contract holder will be required to work for 90 days over a period of 2 years at a rate of £180 per day. Due to start work in September or October 2011 they will be required to undertake the following tasks:
• management of the various freelance staff and volunteers
• liaison with hospital staff and external partners, particularly Somerset Heritage and Libraries Service
• responsibility for all marketing and publicity, including regular web updates; creating the content for publicity material (on- and off- line),
• the exhibition
• researching and collating information particularly to create a timeline as part of the Eisenhower Tree public art commission
• overseeing the successful delivery of reminiscence training, reminiscence sessions, and Open Days
• advocating for the project at local events; following up all enquiries; ensuring all the processes are in place for the development of the archive - and implementing them (e.g. getting necessary permissions from people, correct cataloguing, photographic documentation, etc
• documenting the actual project.
Person Specification
We are looking for someone with the following experience:
• working on heritage and/or archive and/or reminiscence projects
• working with multiple partners
• working with and managing volunteers
• working within a community context
• awareness of the issues associated with working in a hospital environment
• contracting and managing freelance staff
• managing budgets
• setting up and managing events
• communicating with a wide range of people from the general public to senior hospital staff; from the local press to patients
• developing exhibitions and contracting exhibition designers
How to apply
If you are interested in this freelance contract please email the following information to [log in to unmask] by 9am on Monday 15 August.
• A recent CV
• A covering letter highlighting why you want the role, the skills and qualities you would bring to the tasks outlined in the person specification
• Contact details for 2 professional referees
Interviews will be held early August and we would be looking for someone to start as soon as possible in September or October 2011.
If you would like further information about the project or to speak to Bronwen Gwillim the Art for Life Co-ordinator then please call 01823 342488 or email [log in to unmask]
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